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Reporting guideline for Chatbot Health Advice studies: the CHART statement
| Reporting guideline provided for? (i.e. exactly what the authors state in the paper) |
Reporting recommendations for studies evaluating the performance of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chatbots when summarizing clinical evidence and providing health advice. |
| Full bibliographic reference | Huo B, Collins G, Chartash D, Thirunavukarasu A, Flanagin A, Iorio A, Cacciamani G, Chen X, Liu N, Mathur P, Chan AW, Laine C, Pacella D, Berkwits M, Antoniou SA, Camaradou JC, Canfield C, Mittelman M, Feeney T, Loder E, Agha R, Saha A, Mayol J, Sunjaya A, Harvey H, Ng JY, McKechnie T, Lee Y, Verma N, Stiglic G, McCradden M, Ramji K, Boudreau V, Ortenzi M, Meerpohl J, Vandvik PO, Agoritsas T, Samuel D, Frankish H, Anderson M, Yao X, Loeb S, Lokker C, Liu X, Guallar E, Guyatt G. Reporting guideline for Chatbot Health Advice studies: the CHART statement. This guideline was published simultaneously in 6 journals. You can read the guideline in any of these journals using the links below. Annals of Family Medicine: PMID 40750305 Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: PMID 40753040 BMC Medicine: PMID 40745595 BMJ Medicine: PMID 40761518 British Journal of Surgery: PMID 40747825 JAMA Network Open: PMID 40747871 |
| Language | English |
| Explanation and elaboration papers | CHART Collaborative. Reporting guidelines for chatbot health advice studies: explanation and elaboration for the Chatbot Assessment Reporting Tool (CHART). BMJ. 2025; 390: e083305. PMID: 40750271 |
| Reporting guideline acronym | CHART |
| Study design | Artificial intelligence/Machine learning studies |
| Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report? | Whole report |
| Record last updated on | August 6, 2025 |